 Commons - now that it is the true sovereign, and appoints the real executive - has long ceased to be the checking, sparing, economical body it once was. It now is more apt to spend money than the minister of the day. I have heard a very experienced financier...  The English Constitution - Página 138por Walter Bagehot - 2007 - 368 páginasVista previa limitada - Acerca de este libro
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...experienced financier say : "If you want to raise a certain cheor In the House of Commons, make a generaJ panegyric on economy ; if you want to invite a sure defeat, propose a particular saving." Before the war, Mr. Speaker, the public expenditure of Canada was very large indeed. It had been increasing... | |
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